Thomas Jefferson and executive power /

"Citizens and scholars are again confronted with a question presented by necessity and the law: Because no law can anticipate every contingency, how can any set of laws remain fundamental and practical? How can discretion be made compatible with democratic consent? Before he became president, T...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Bailey, Jeremy D., 1974-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2007.
Temas:
Jefferson, Thomas, > 1743-1826.
Jefferson, Thomas.
USA > Government
1783-1809
Executive power > United States > History.
Pouvoir exécutif > États-Unis > Histoire.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Process > Leadership.
Executive power.
Politics and government
Vollziehende Gewalt
United States > Politics and government > 1783-1809.
États-Unis > Politique et gouvernement > 1783-1809.
United States.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • "The execution of laws is more important than the making of them" : reconciling executive power with democracy
  • Executive power and the Virginia executive
  • Executive power and the constitution of 1787
  • "To place before mankind the common sense of the subject" : declarations of principle
  • The real revolution of 1800 : Jefferson's transformation of the inaugural address
  • To "produce a union of the powers of the whole" : Jefferson's transformation of the appointment and removal powers
  • The Louisiana purchase
  • To "complete their entire union of opinion" : the twelfth amendment as amendment to end all amendments
  • "To bring their wills to a point of union and effect" : declarations and presidential speech
  • Development and difficulties.

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